Composer: Arnold Cooke
Performer: Bridge String Quartet
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata Classics
Catalogue: TOCC0696
Release: 2023
Size: 972 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
String Quartet No. 3
01. I. Allegro energico
02. II. Andante
03. III. Scherzo: Molto allegro
04. IV. Allegro vivace
String Quartet No. 5
05. Moderato –
06. Allegro –
07. Presto
String Quartet No. 1
08. I. Fuga: Lento non troppo
09. II. Scherzo: Vivace
10. III. Intermezzo: Allegretto
11. IV. Finale: Presto
The music of the Yorkshire-born Arnold Cooke (1906–2005) – solidly constructed, inventively contrapuntal, lyrical and energetic in turns – does not deserve the neglect it suffered even in its composer’s lifetime. This first album, of two presenting all five of Cooke’s string quartets, underlines his reputation for resourceful craftsmanship, presented in a style which sits downstream from Paul Hindemith, with whom he studied in Berlin, and from Béla Bartók.